Ready to share my home with an OES
We are looking for an OES between a year and four years old, but we wouldn't turn up our nose at a puppy. We want that goofy, sweet, even tempered, big fluffy dog that seems to be the OES trademark. We live in San Antonio, and it appears that the closest OES rescue is in Houston. But, I thought if I got the word out -- and start talking with OES moms and dads -- we can start making connections. |
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Welcome to the forum! 
You're at the best place on the web to talk to sheepie owners and read all about them.  Pull yourself up a chair and make yourself comfortable. Stay awhile. Read all you want and when you've got questions, we're here to help.  |
Beaureguard's Mom wrote: Welcome to the forum!
You're at the best place on the web to talk to sheepie owners and read all about them. Pull yourself up a chair and make yourself comfortable. Stay awhile. Read all you want and when you've got questions, we're here to help. Thank you so very much for the welcome!
I have definitely been doing a lot of reading. Today, we went to a dog shelter about two hours away to look at a what they called an adult sheep dog mix. She was beautiful, but she didn't have a lot of OES. However, we would have adopted her, but she was old and had some arthritis in her back hips. Having gone through that already, we wanted a dog young enough to enjoy before dealing with some of those geriatric conditions. I was reading somewhere that OES babies can be adolescents for three years. It is good that I am a high school English teacher and actually like teens! |
| Welcome and good luck in your search. Be sure to check petfinder.com regularly. That's where I found both of my rescued sheepies. As far as being adolescents, these guys can stay youthful through their entire lives. People always ask me if my 4.5 year old Maggie is a puppy because she is so goofy and playful. |
| Hello from WV and welcome! I just adopted my first OES after extensive research and couldn't be happier. I advise you to work with and learn from the rescue groups as much as possible. They are super nice, friendly and have more experience in knowing what is a good match for you and the dog. The dogs are fostered with experienced volunteers and may be closer to you. I worked with two rescues out of state and their guidance was immeasurable. Our 3 yr old Chloe was adopted from our local newspaper though, her owner couldn't afford her. That seems to be more common these days unfortunately. That said, scour the classifieds online, post a "want to adopt" ad and become petfinder saavy. Good luck in your search and keep us posted! |
Yes, the Old English Sheepdog is sometimes called the Peter Pan of the dog world. They never grow up!  So, it is a good thing you like teenagers! My two are four and five and are still very playful and energetic. |
| I should mention that I have two Maine Coon cats also. One is seven and the other is two. Maine Coons also grow up very slow and tend to act like teenagers well into adulthood. My seven year old, Harry, still chases the wrinkles in the sheets when I make the bed. It's part of the ritual. And the baby, Tristan, (who is an 18 pound baby -- a perfectly normal size for a Maine Coon) was trying to drink water from one of my hanging plants this morning after I watered them. They grew up around my lab mix and were very fond of him. As long as the new baby is tolerant of kitties, the cats will be just fine. |
| While I was thinking about it, my husband and I went ahead and joined the TXOES rescue group out of Houston. We live in San Antonio and that is the closest OES group to San Antonio. If there is a member of the TxOES group on the board, we would love to say hi! I saw that there is a picnic coming up, and I hope that we are not too late in signing up that we can't be invited to the picnic. We would love to meet the folks in Houston. |
| Hi my sheepie puppy (Tiggy) is one year old now and she still lurves my siamese cat.
The cat likes her but needs somewhere to escape from all that luv'in  as the sheepie thinks that cats like to be laid on and then have their ears licked off whilst getting a sheepie spit mohawk.  They play together and the cat wrestles with Tiggy, well he wrestles with Tiggy's front leg while Tiggy looks down at him with a "what you doin'?" look on her face. She cant really feel anything and wonders why his biting her hair.
But Tiggy can get a bit rough for the cat so I have a baby gate the cat can fit through and a 4 foot tall scratching post for quick escapes. I imagine that a big Maine Coon will have a bit more chance of making an impression though. |
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